Treasure Coast parking lot silver

[Gary Drayton]

I was talking to a couple of guys in the Turtle Trail parking lot yesterday afternoon on the Treasure Coast, I noticed that someone had dumped a small pile of metal detecting finds by the side of vehicle. There was a small blackend object laying next to a couple of bottle caps, crusty pennies and fishing hooks so I picked it up. I told the guys I was talking to that it could be a silver reale and took it home.
This morning I rubbed the mystery black object with wet aluminum foil, the tell tale sulphur smell and heat produced told me the find was silver. It could possibly be a worn silver reale or a piece of silver plate thrown away by someone who likes to litter and does not know what Spanish silver looks like after spending 300 years in the ocean.

 

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[maipenrai]

One mans trash is another mans treasure! Just think, if he would have dumped his trash where he should have, you would have one less treasure! That is why I NEVER dump my trash, always take it home, and inspect it there; even rust encased objects, that im pretty sure I know what it is, I still break them open to double check.

 

[smokeythecat]

That's a nice save. Next stop would have been the sanitary landfill and gone forever.